So far, not a whole lot of success in the post. Kwame, as advertised, passes out of the post every time. Herrmann did hit a 3 off one of those. But Kwame is not picking up any fouls, and giving us no scoring inside.

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Looks like we have a clubhouse leader for 08-09 whipping boy. The season has officially started!

Sheed grading the team tonight huh....well then it was his outlier of poor production that brought down the grade.

Billups will be gone by the trade deadline, this house is not big enough for him and Stuckey, it's kind of like when you and your brother share twin beds or bunk beds in the same room, when you're 8 years old, it's cool, but when you're like 20....somebody gotta go.

How about that Walter Herrmann fella, may turn out to be the key off season decision.

It also seems as if Maxiel is not going to just give Amir the starting PF spot. With our depth and vesatility at each position, if Curry holds true to his word, then we are in for a treat this season, nobody's spot is safe.

I don't what we can take out of the 1st pre-season besides seeing how some of the players did. Good job expanding the rotation by Curry and seeing how some of the players do.

Amazing game by Stucky. Afflalo, Prince and Dyess took the coaches que on crashing the boards this year. Rip had a decent game. Rest of the starters looked like they were not ready to play based on the box. 5 fouls for Amir in 18 mins - who saw that comming? CB lead the 24 To's with 6 himself.

Amir Johnson was trailing the Heat fast break when a player attempted a lob pass toward the basket.

That's when Johnson showed one reason he has earned coach Michael Curry's faith when he named him a starter.
Johnson accelerated and skied through the air and got a piece of the ball, causing a turnover.

"Those type of plays are hustle plays," Johnson said. "I'm just the garbage man trying to stop the other team from getting a bucket."
And while Johnson's stats were modest in the Pistons' 95-91 overtime victory in Sunday's exhibition opener, that play was the type of play the Pistons want from Johnson.

"I can tell you right now his statistics are never going to show the impact he has on a game," Curry said. "I thought from what we need from him, in his 18 minutes tonight he was great."

Johnson finished with two points and four rebounds.

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He also drew three offensive fouls and had a steal in a span of like 2 minutes.